Category: Presentations and Talks

The Department of Biological Sciences’ Seminar Series continues from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, April 8 in 218 Hubbard Hall with Dr. Jeroen Roelofs, KU Medical Center, with his talk, “Stress Induced Relocalization of Proteasomes into Condensates.”

As always, seminars are open to the public and undergraduates are encouraged to attend.

Bill DeGrado, Toby Herfindal Presidential Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of California San Francisco, will give a public lecture, “Extreme de novo protein design,” at 3:30 p.m. Monday, April 15 in 208 Hubbard Hall. He will also give a technical lecture, “Use of integrin antagonists to disrupt pathological mechanical force-dependent processes in fibrosis and severe asthma,” at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 16 in 224 McKinley Hall.

DeGrado is an early pioneer in the field of protein design, and coined the term de novo protein design, meaning the design of proteins from first principles. His research has led to the discovery of Brilacidin, which is now in Phase 3 clinical trials for drug-resistant Staphylococcal aureus infections, and integrin inhibitors for treating Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

The Watkins Visiting Professorship was created in 1974 by the Watkins Foundation. The grant is now provided through the Watkins fund, a part of the Wichita State Foundation and Alumni Engagement’s endowment. For more information about the lecture series, contact Dr. David Eichhorn, associate dean for faculty development and research, at 316-978-6659.

Join the Department of Mathematics and Statistics for a public lecture by Lei Ni, University of California, San Diego, titled “Two Ambrose-Singer theorems and the Chern connection” at 3 p.m. Friday, April 19 in 372 Jabara Hall. Refreshments will be available at 2:30 p.m. in 353 Jabara Hall.

Lei Ni is a professor of mathematics at UC San Diego. He received his Ph.D. in 1998 at UC Irvine and was a research assistant professor at Purdue University and then a Szego assistant professor at Stanford University, before joining UC San Diego in 2002. His research interests lie in the areas of differential geometry, complex geometry and partial differential equations. His scholarly contributions are extensive, comprising over 60 published articles and co-authorship of five books on Ricci flow. He is a recipient of the Sloan Fellowship and a member of the 2018 class of AMS Fellows. In addition, he served as the chair of the Department of Mathematics at UC San Diego from 2016 to 2020 and has mentored 20 students and postdocs.

The Lecture Series in the Mathematical Sciences began Oct. 12, 1987. The lecture series was originally funded by the Boeing Aircraft Company (1987-1992) and organized by Professor Gary Crown. Since it began, the Department of Mathematics and Statistics has been bringing mathematicians and scientists from around the world to campus. For more information about The Lecture Series in the Mathematical Sciences, contact the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at 316-978-3160.

The Department of Biomedical Engineering within the College of Engineering is hosting Dr. Ryan Barrs, a postdoctoral researcher at the Medical University of South Carolina, from 2 to 3 p.m. Friday, April 5 in 134 Woolsey Hall and on Teams.

Barrs will present “Nanowired human cardiac organoids for heart repair” to students, staff, faculty and industry partners. For access to the Teams meeting, send an email to lindsey.ott@wichita.edu.

The Department of Aerospace Engineering within the College of Engineering is hosting Dr. Tri Ngo, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Central Florida, from 10:50 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, April 5 in 209 Wallace Hall.

Ngo will present “A Synergistic Approach to Interdisciplinary Research in Complex Dynamical Systems and Control: Case Studies on Helicopter Shipboard Landings and Floating Offshore Wind Turbines” to students, staff, faculty and industry partners.

The next physics seminar will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 3 in 128 Jabara Hall and also on Zoom.

The speaker will be Dr. Daniel Ewing from the Department of Energy’s Kansas City National Security Campus.

Join Interstellar Seminar from 2:30 to 3:20 p.m. Wednesday, April 3 in 104 Jabara Hall and virtually to hear Dr. Jay Lemery, professor of emergency medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, discuss space medicine for long-duration crewed missions.

Deep space is the ultimate wilderness environment for austere and remote medical care. Dr. Lemery is a leader in public health related to climate and in wilderness medicine. Dr. Lemery is the medical director for the NSF Polar Research program, a consultant for NASA’s Human Research program, a fellow at the Payne Institute for Public Policy and an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine.

David Emitt Adams, visiting artist, will present “Tintypes and Power,” a public lecture in which Adams discusses his work exploring contemporary issues through antique processes, at 12:30 p.m. Friday, April 5 in 210 McKnight Art Center.

Pizza will be provided prior to the lecture.

David Emitt Adams is a photographer based in Phoenix, Arizona specializing in the 19th century wet collodion and tintype processes. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including museum exhibitions at Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Phoenix Art Museum, Tucson Museum of Art, the Chrysler Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Portland Art Museum and the Wichita Art Museum.

The Department of Biological Sciences’ seminar series continues at 4 p.m. Monday, April 1 in 218 Hubbard Hal with Dr. Jocelyn McDonald, Kansas State University, with her talk, “Group Activities: How Migrating Cell Collectives Organize and Move Together.”

Seminars are open to the public and undergraduates are encouraged to attend.

Art historian and curator Marin R. Sullivan will discuss the history of outdoor sculpture collections on museum and university campuses at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 28 in 210 McKnight Art Center, in conjunction with the current Ulrich Museum exhibition “Fully Dimensional: Artists of the Outdoor Sculpture Collection.”

Sullivan specializes in the history of sculpture and its relationship to photography, design and the built environment, and she is the founding principal of Sculptural Things, a consulting and research service for museums, galleries and arts organizations, and is currently the director of the Harry Bertoia Catalogue Raisonné Project.

A reception will take place from 5:30-6 p.m. in the lobby of the Ulrich Musuem galleries. Everyone is welcome to attend the event.